The Way of Inner Light & Sound

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The Way of Inner Light & Sound

>From a spiritual discourse of Huzur Maharaj (1829 - 1898) in, "Prem Patra

Radhasoami," Part One, His Holiness Huzur Salig Ram Sahab, Dayalbagh

Books, Agra, India, 1958

 

Note: With the older Radhasoami literature, often the publisher brackets

in some words (I do this as well), translating some Indian and Sant Mat

terms that the reader my not be familiar with: Jiva = [soul], etc.

 

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It is stated in all relgions that the first manifestation was the Shabda

[Word-Logos-Tao: Sound and Light Current] and that the Shabda is the

Form of the Supreme Being and that the Shabda is one with the Supreme

Being and all the creation has manifested from the Shabda. It is thus

evident that whoever establishes contact with the Current of Shabda and

then moves upwards would be able to reach that Region from where the

Shabda manifested in the beginning.

 

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When, after proper discussion and consideration in Satsang, a true paramarthi

[devotee who practices Surat Shabda Yoga] comes to entertain full belief

in the following:

 

(a) that Merciful Radhasoami [pronounced "Ra-da Swa-me," a name of

God] is the True Supreme Being and is Omnipotent;

 

(b) that the Jiva [soul] is His Ansa ['ray,' 'particle,' or 'child'],

and

 

© that the Jiva can, by the practice of the Surat Shabda Yoga [Meditation

upon the inner Light and Sound Current], go beyond the region of Kal

[lord of time] and Maya [illusion] and reach his own Abode i.e., the

Region of the Merciful Lord.

 

He should then surrender himself entirely to the Supreme Being Merciful

Radhasoami and, after learning the method of Surat Shabda Yoga from one

who knows the secret of the Regions of Saints, should perform this practice

daily and as regularly as possible. If he would proceed internally,

realizing within himself the Grace of the Lord and examining how his

mind and senses behave and occasionally praying to the Feet of the Lord

for His Grace and Mercy, then his spiritual progress would be steadily

maintained day after day by the Grace of Merciful Radhasoami, and his

love and faith the Holy Feet would continue to increase and one day his

object would be achieved. Every true paramarthi can thus achieve the

ultimate good of his Jiva by the Grace of Merciful Radhasoami and by

performing spiritual practices for some time, get proof internally of

his True Salvation being achieved during his lifetime and he can thus

have full faith and belief in the certainty of his salvation and as this

faith increases, love for the Supreme Being would also increase simultaneously,

and he would one day come into contact with the Ocean of Love, i.e.,

the True Supreme Being and then he will be completely released* from

Kal and from the cycle of births and deaths.

 

* Jiva Mukti: Liberation, Salvation from the wheel of reincarnation

 

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James

santmat

santmatfellowship

 

 

 

 

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